cliffy Posted December 20, 2015 Report Posted December 20, 2015 We have a 231 sitting on our airport (2 years now) with a 30 hr factory reman engine) that taxied into a 4 ft deep cement ditch, at night. Not a single airframe piece is usable. EVERYTHING IS BENT. The prop blades are loose in the hub. Idle power event. The owner is behind in his tie down. Vintage radios.
Mooneymite Posted December 20, 2015 Report Posted December 20, 2015 No insurance? Nothing salvageable? Ouch!
DAVIDWH Posted December 20, 2015 Report Posted December 20, 2015 He is paying tie down fees?? Much cheaper just to leave in the ditch. 1
peevee Posted December 20, 2015 Report Posted December 20, 2015 Just now, DAVIDWH said: He is paying tie down fees?? Much cheaper just to leave in the ditch. For real
cliffy Posted December 21, 2015 Author Report Posted December 21, 2015 Actually we found it in the ditch in the morning when everyone got to the airport Seems he disappeared after it happened in the middle of the night and showed up later the next day. He was 2 years behind on tie down but he brought it current 3 months ago but I think he is behind again.. WIngs, tail, fuselage all bent. Nose gear toast, maybe mains are OK. 1 flap might be OK. Vertical fin might be OK.
Mark89114 Posted December 21, 2015 Report Posted December 21, 2015 Why don't you show us some pics? Just for %#¥?! And giggles.
mpg Posted December 21, 2015 Report Posted December 21, 2015 Why do airports have 4 ft. deep cement ditches???? 1
cliffy Posted December 22, 2015 Author Report Posted December 22, 2015 On a trip but maybe I'll try a couple of pics when I return. Got to mask the N number though.
carl Posted December 23, 2015 Report Posted December 23, 2015 I stumped . Do you see an opportunity here i'm missing? It must also be in Arizona. Help out a poor guy, tell me whats going on here. I understand from a salvage , strip , and sell part point only. carl
jrwilson Posted December 23, 2015 Report Posted December 23, 2015 15 hours ago, carl said: I stumped . Do you see an opportunity here i'm missing? It must also be in Arizona. Help out a poor guy, tell me whats going on here. I understand from a salvage , strip , and sell part point only. carl I think he is just passing on an interesting, if unfortunate, tale of sorrow of a once proud Mooney, and its unscrupulous owner. A tale as old as time... 1
carl Posted December 23, 2015 Report Posted December 23, 2015 Ok . I do think pictures would be a great addition to the story. Do you think the owner was a member of Mooneyspace?
DXB Posted December 23, 2015 Report Posted December 23, 2015 3 hours ago, jrwilson said: I think he is just passing on an interesting, if unfortunate, tale of sorrow of a once proud Mooney, and its unscrupulous owner. A tale as old as time... Yeah. Like the myth of Icarus, except flying with a K model instead of feathers and wax. Well, sort of.
jrwilson Posted December 23, 2015 Report Posted December 23, 2015 Yep, hubris... We sound like a bunch of Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
cliffy Posted December 26, 2015 Author Report Posted December 26, 2015 Yes I was just passing on the unfortunate fate of a once proud Mooney that met an untimely death. Just one of many derelict and forgotten Mooneys languishing in slow rotting hell at airports around the world.
Recommended Posts